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NORFOLK
DIALECT WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
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Now
let’s have a look at some more Norfolk words and expressions,
taking us from mardle to putting on parts –
see what you make of these!
Just
to give you a clue about the first – it’s something
the old Sheringham fishermen used to do (perhaps they still
do!) under the Town Clock on a Sunday morning!
You
seem to have done quite well so far, otherwise you wouldn’t
be as far as this, would you?
M
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Mardle |
To
gossip, or chat: Also, another name for a pond! |
| Marl |
Chalk:
Dug out of pits and used as fertiliser on fields. |
| Master,
masterous |
An
expression of admiration: “Thass a master good
crop o’ tearters.” Or: “Thass a masterous
job yew're mearde o’ that there fence.” |
| Masterpiece |
Anything
amazing or astonishing. |
| Mawkin |
A
scarecrow: See: The
Merry Mawkin. |
| Mawther |
Girl
or a woman: Sometimes ‘Maw’. |
| Mellow |
Ripe. |
| Misery |
Aches
and pains: “That apple pie gev me misery in my
stommick.” |
| Mite |
Small,
or a little bit: “I ent a mite hungry.” |
| Mob,
mobbed |
To
tell off, scold, or take to task: “I hoolly mobbed
that boy when his ball cem in my gaard'n.’ |
| Mow
in |
Join
in, help out: “I spuz yew want me tuh mow in
with the washin-up, dorn’t yew, Maw?” |
| Muckwash |
Sweat,
sweating profusely. |
N
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Nasty-particular |
Fussy,
over particular. |
| Nonicking |
Horseplay. |
O
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Old
Year’s Night |
New
Year’s Eve. |
| Ollands |
Old
grassland, ploughed for first time. |
P
| Dialect
word(s) |
Meaning |
| Pamment |
Pavement. |
| Pample |
To
tread lightly or quietly. |
| Pearks |
Gadgets,
new-fangled things, inventions. |
| Peerking |
Nosing
around, looking for something. |
| Pightle |
A
paddock. |
| Pingle |
To
play with your food. |
| Pishamire |
An
ant. |
| Pod |
Belly,
gut: “All that sluss, he’s got a pod on
him!” |
| Pollywiggle |
A
tadpole. |
| Primmicky |
Affected,
difficult to please. |
| Puckaterry |
In
a muddle, or a bit of a temper. |
| Push |
A
boil, or large spot. |
| Putting
on parts |
Misbehaving,
drawing attention to oneself: “Thass no good
yew a-puttin on yar parts, cors yew ent heving any coshies
an thass final!” |
Are
you starting to get the picture? Ready for more? If so click
the link to
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and carry on, my ol’ bewty, you're doing mast’rously
well!
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